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Lok Sabha
The expenditure incurred on new lines including restoration of dismantled lines in the 9th Plan was Rs. 2913.40 crore. As against this the likely expenditure to be incurred in the first three years of the 10th Plan would be about Rs. 4770.00 crores.
A number of initiatives have been taken in the past few years for generation of additional resources through project specific funding for National Projects, funding from the Ministry of Defence, public/private partnership and non-budgetary initiatives for National Rail Vikas Yojana. Remote Area Rail Sampark Yojana has also been announced in the interim budget 2004-2005 which envisages investment of Rs. 20,000 crore in five years on projects which have been taken up on socio-economic considerations for development of backward, remote and under-developed areas. However, the resources for this Yojana are yet to be tied up.
This information was given by the Minister for Railway Shri Lalu Prasad in reply to a question from Shri Hemlal Murmu in the Lok Sabha today.
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